Neglected and misunderstood by her family, disgusted by the frivolity of a provincial town's closed world, without any other horizon but casual sex as a pass-time, the sensitive and prude Magdalena Lazar hopes to find her fulfillment in the romance with her platonic boyfriend, the cadet Cezar Juravlea.
On August 23rd, 1944, the fascist regime was taken down and Romania changed sides in World War II. 75 years later, inside the Jewish Retirement Home, four of the last survivors of racial persecutions reflect upon the personal and political significance of the event. The different attitudes of the protagonists, their passionate debates and irresolvable conflicts reflect the diversity of the Jewish survivors` experiences, the cleavages in the community and the Romanian society as a whole, as well as the importance and controversy of the events in 1944.
Constantin Noica spent the last years of his life "1400 meters above humanity", as he liked to say - in Păltiniș. Far from the communist gray, but still kept under observation by the Securitate, the philosopher found in this place the joy of talking about wisdom. In the modest room on the 1st floor of Villa 12, what we know as the "Păltiniș School" was born.
A random post on Facebook: "A few rolls of film have been found abandoned for decades somewhere in an old attic!" Digitizing the film brings to light family footage: ordinary home scenes, birthdays, holidays, visits, outings. The search for those who appear in the footage is thrilling, and the result is an immersion in time, with family stories and dramas painted in the visual aesthetic of 8mm film.
While hunting a mysterious boar, a man gets lost in the forest. He encounters increasingly strange things, and his life is put in danger.
Every autumn, shepherds from Transylvania set off with their flocks in search of green grass. This Sheep Road is to some extent like the famous historic Silk Road and the Salt Road.
The movie illustrates a down town chase of a trained parkour runner that apparently holds a package of somewhat importance for some local mysterious men in suits.
At the village pub, Philip meets a local celebrity, a nonchalant and extremely determined character. Gigi Meserie, a local musician, is undeterred by the pandemic. On the contrary, he manages to turn every opportunity into an opportunity. Gigi's goal is to convince the townspeople "to turn their faces towards us", the country folk.
Jean Mihail’s "Rapsodia Rustica" deals with the life in Romanian villages in the period after the war.
In the context of the war in Ukraine, two friends discuss the possibility of being drafted. They start challenging each other to prove that they’re not capable of killing anyone.
Most of the Gypsy population of Clejani, a village located some 50 km away from Bucharest, traditionally consists of musicians going back for many generations. The film shows how the musicians relate to daily life and the way their perception of reality influences their music. Firm belief in superstitions, the unavoidable blows of fate, communication with the dead, become the sources of inspiration and expression, of joy and sorrow. Alexandra Gulea’s unconventional documentary takes us on a musical journey to the origins of romanian gypsy music.
The first ever presidential debate in Romania
"Aflați despre mine..." stands as a quintessential social documentary from the perspective of 1980s filmmakers, delving into the effects of labor migration from agriculture to urban industry. Filmed in bachelor accommodations, it captures the intimate confessions of residents, offering faces and voices to the societal shifts in socialist times. The documentary, set against a backdrop of dormitory life, features a nuanced soundtrack blending informal interviews with the monotony of daily routines. Panning from window to window, the camera reveals the aspirations of temporary dwellers dreaming of a future beyond provisional living and aiming to settle into homes of their own.
30-year old man is looking for a mysterious snake.
A landscape is a landscape is a landscape. But in her view of the ambiguity of reality, Wanda Mihuleac composes an infinite landscape of reflections and lights.
A playful study of cinematic perspective x 3: three cameras, three screens, I, You, Witness.
A man in his 40s comes home one night, and finds an unknown woman in his apartment.
